For retailers who want to expand their existing product lines or add fun impulse items to the mix, She She Me is making it more appealing than ever with its vast line of stationery and gifts for every season. This one-time opportunity enables retailers to stock up on cases of select designer products at up […]
April 2013 Issue
DayClocks for Perfectly Timed Sales
Timing is everything, in business as in life, as DayClocks® inventors John Kallestad and Mark Pierce discovered many years ago. The idea for the Classic DayClock, which focuses on the days of the week rather than on the exact time, was born in the heart of Nevada in the middle of July. Friends Pierce and […]
Cart & Kiosk Strategies
For entrepreneurs contemplating starting a small business, or expanding into a new product line, carts and kiosks are an option worth exploring. Compared to the costs of establishing a fixed retail location, the investment required for this type of sales venue is considerably less and does not require a lengthy license agreement. Shopping malls typically […]
Western Style Natural Palm Hats
Summit Hats, located in historic Houston, TX, provides retailers with a diverse line of western hats, hat accessories and belts, some made in its factory and others imported from around the world. “We’re introducing a new line of palm hats,” says Ken Tsai, owner of the company. “This style of hats is becoming extremely popular […]
Hot Summer Accessories
When it comes to the top accessories for spring and summer, bright sunglasses, lightweight hats and breezy scarves lead the way, and New York City’s Broadway Sun Ben Trading, Inc., offers retailers a line of high fashion sunglasses, scarves, gloves, hats, leggings and apparel. The company both imports and manufactures its merchandise, and has a […]
Fragrances & Scented Products: The Formula for Success
Consumers crave an aromatic environment, and scented products continue to have broad appeal as affordable gifts as well as staple household purchases. Today’s wholesalers make it easier than ever for retailers to sell a variety of fragrant products, such as perfumes, lamps, body oils, incense sticks and burners, and candles, at great profit margins. L&V […]
Plush Toys Charm Consumers
I Heart Guts’ plush toys charm customers with their quirky shapes and sayings, including the “I Lung Rock ‘n’ Roll” lung, the, “I’m a Liver Not a Fighter” liver, and the, “I Ache for You” stomach. “It started with stickers and shirts. People loved the characters and we’ve had a huge demand for the plush,” […]
SnapRetail Simplifies Marketing
SnapRetail is a cost-efficient, ready to use marketing solution designed to help get shoppers into independent retailers’ stores. In 2010, after working with retailers for more than a decade, Ted Teele, company CEO, founded the business, which creates an assortment of finished marketing materials, including email, social media, couponing, daily deals and other exclusive offers. […]
Sparkly Spring Bangles
Warm weather that encourages bared skin, vacation wardrobes that require new accessories, and holidays that promote gift giving, such as Mother’s Day, set retailers on the track for strong jewelry sales this spring and summer. Z’s Silver Inc., established in 1996, has a reputation for wholesaling high quality fashion jewelry including bangles, bead bracelets, necklaces, […]
Flash Sales Spark Business
The practice of running flash sales has grown into a $2 billion business, and visits to the top five flash sales websites nearly doubled in 2012, according to comScore, Inc. “For retailers, flash sales can be an extremely effective tool in capturing consumers’ attention, getting them to their site and enticing them to buy not […]